Winnebago County committee may vote on proposed vacation policy solution

Monday

Aug 4, 2014 at 2:10 PM

Winnebago County officials are getting closer to approving a policy that would take a two-prong approach to a long-standing abuse of the county’s vacation policy, which lately, has led to, an unpaid bill of $805,255.

The county’s Operations and Administrative Committee may vote at a 5:30 p.m. meeting this evening on a policy that would have the 105 employees who stored up their vacation days for more than two years take those off days in the next five years. There also would be stricter enforcement of the policy.

“We’ve reached an agreement with vacation time,” said Gary Jury, R-7, the committee chairman and Republican representing the seventh district. “We’re going to go over that tonight with the committee.”

The meeting will happen in Room 510 of the 404 Elm St. county building. If the proposed solution to the vacation policy issue is approved, then the county board may vote on it next.